ACTIVITY 1/ ANALYSIS . "THE WITCH"

EDILBERTO K. TIEMPO

SUMMARY

There is a witch, who named Minggay Awok lived by herself on a creek that separates between Barrios of libas and Sinit an.Her name was notoriously wide in there neighboring provinces in knowing that she is a witch who caused people's dilemmas. There had been many attempts on killing her cause they thought murdering her could break the curses that chained them but in some mysterious way Minggay always came out unscathed, leaving unscratched in her skin. All throughout her life when her husband died, She then living solitary life with only companions were a lean, barren sow and a few chicken and all of them are charcoal under her small house, people speculated that they are Wakwak and Sigbin which is not. And until there is a boy who was told to go libas to get medecine for his auntie and he cannot avoid on walking towards the trail where the Minggay's hut sat, he assmued that minggay is sitting on the twisting vines that formed grotesque trunk watching him above, he was nervous and wanted to run back but the medecine had to get to his tito that night..

And one morning, he thought bringing home a shrimp to her mother so he went to the creek a hundred yards away from Tio Sabelo's house and he meet Minggay taking a bath, gave him a shredded coconut meat so that he can get o good catch of shrimps, he didn't even got any clue that it was Minggay but when the boy asked where she lived he was surprised and walked away and freed the shrimps that he catch.

THE CHARACTERS. -Unamed 12 years old boyy, who is the protagonist,and the narrator of the story, who lived in a barrio. -Minggay awok ther person who speculated by the people that she is a witch and blamed her for their unfortunate incidents. -Tio Sabelo uncle of the protagonist and a headteacher of the Barrio school.

SETTINGS. -The story took place in the creek and at libas where his Tio Sabelo lived.

CENTRAL CONFLICT -The rumors speculated Minggay Awok as a "witch" without any concrete proofs.

THEME

-THE TRUTH WAS BLOCKED BY THE FALSE TAMMERING LIPS WICH SURROUNDS.

ANALYSIS. How the story goes, it was always Minggay Awok who is pertaining as the main focus that contributes a big impact in the events of the story. Her name was notoriously known in southern leyte which means a "witch". people falsely speculated her, performing forbidden rituals that causes all the unfortunate incidents happend in the Barrio which is quite absurd reason. For me as i finished reading the entire story, i cannot conclude that minggay is witch without any concrete proofs stated in the story, the rumurs just contributing a substantial false hunch that weren't proven successfully. The sigbin and wakwak they said its just a lean, barren sow and a chickens all are dressed up as black charcoal wandering in the fields because the nature in believing such superstitions encompasses that black color is defined as a bad omen thats why they believe it's demonic or anything that resembles bad. However the "witch" they said who is minggay its just a misunderstood typical old women, who is capable of living her life whithout any one to rely on, because in the first place her husband died and her son went away with a young a age, that's way people speculated that she is a witch because a women without any one to rely on in living a life is not considered as a proper women, look how minggay is able even though she is so old, and still skillful in catching shrimps and performing household chores.

In additional analysis, sandra gelbert and susan gubar, 2 female writers who shedded some light on how and why first female writers wrote the way they did and how it shaped the next generation of female writers and female writering. It was able to address the certain view on women by men writers and how subtle and not subtle nuances of female characters is either shown submissive or hostile. Edilberto a male writer who wrote the story of the "The Witch". The way he portrayed his female character in the story is supposed to be meek, fragile and helpless because their is no male presence that surrounds and supports the female characters of the story. In conclusion of the whole story, Minggay was, pin pointed as a witch because people questioned his capabilities, why someone is so very old and yet also very strong? An old women Without any one to rely on. And then the people started presuming that she is a witch.

|Do you think Minggay really a witch? Why or why not? Explain your answers. -Minggay Awok is not a "witch" she is just a typical old women who is capable in living her own life and there is no proof that the rumors was right about what they'd speculated.

|What is the relationship between the boy and Minggay?? - The very ending of the story is so intricate and the reader also made a hunch that Minggay's son who went away is the father of unnamed protagonist. So in my opinion they are both related by blood.

|Explain the difference of a short story to other forms of lite of literature like poetry, drama, essay, etc.

- Short story is different from other forms of any literature because short story was well formed written plotted and detailed story. And similarly to drama but the drama is more on acting and monologue.

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